[Past]In the cave, when 3 minutes were left until the effect of the 100 Years of Peace ended…
"Tch... this is bad," Victor thought.Victor ordered Ki, his small black sparrow familiar, to come. Ki hid from Edwin and Garrick by staying behind Victor and told him in a low voice:"Ki, go tell Ossban about the situation and ask him to come here as soon as possible, fully prepared. And Ki, after you fulfill your order, if I'm not able to help Kael, help him at any cost. Please do it. I'm counting on you. Now go."
Ki flew out of the cave.
[In the Ivan Palace]
Ki reached the palace and started looking for Ossban. Ki sensed Ossban's energy.
Ossban was returning to the palace with some soldiers. Serene and Irena, along with some maids including Beatrice, were waiting for them to return.
"Welcome back, dear," said Serene as Ossban entered the palace."Welcome home, Papa!" said Irena with a smile.
As they were interacting with each other, Ki flew towards Ossban.
As Ossban saw Ki, he extended his hand, and Ki sat on it.
"Ki... what happened? Where is Master?" said Ossban with a confused tone.
"Ossban! There's a problem. You have to go help Kael and Master immediately," said Ki.
This statement shocked everyone.
"What?! Where? Guide me the way. What's the current situation?" said Ossban with urgency."I'll tell you about it on the way. Don't go unprepared. They will need medical help. Take some soldiers too."
"Take the medical team with us—and some maids too. Lucian, you stay here. Daichi, come with me."
Beatrice was in disbelief that Kael was in danger. She said, "I... I will come too. I will protect him... at any cost. The ones who hurt him, I will never forgive them. And to protect him, I will free them personally." As she spoke, her tone shifted from disbelief to old and wicked."Okay, come with us," said Ossban."Ossban!" said Serene with a sad face."Don't worry, dear. I will come home with your father and Kael. Irena, take care of your mother," said Ossban.
As soon as preparations were done, they left for the cave.
After they had left, Irena asked Serene, "Mom... will they be okay?"
Serene hugged Irena and said, while hiding her sad face, "It's going to be okay. I mean, my father and your grandfather are not weak."
[After Entering the Jungle, 'Vian']
"It's strange... I can't feel any animals or monsters in a large area of this forest, when this area is usually heavily populated by them. This is strange," said Ossban.
"The guys whom Kael and Master are fighting are the ones who did this. The other animals are not showing up because they know how dangerous it can be..." said Ki.
"They must be some crazy group to do this to a forest as important as Vian. The royal mansion of the Duke is near it to keep this forest in check—and they did this alone? I guess around a 20 km radius has been affected by them. Around 100 Carnassous, 30 Andrewsarchus, and 10 Megantereon were eradicated by them. Ki, how many people are there?" said Ossban.
"Just 4. Three men and one girl. All of them would be around 25–27 years old approximately."
"What? Seriously? No way... that's crazy..." said Ossban in shock.
The total radius of the forest was 55 km.
They reached the cave, and the events that followed happened there.